Viol Forms of the Renaissance
from "Regola Rubertina"
(Venice, 1542-3) by Sylvestro Ganassi
Two forms of viols from Sylvestro Ganassi: Rogola Rubertina, Venice, 1542/3
will be shown soon...!
Paolo Veronese: Wedding at Cana
(The painter himself on the viol; behind him, the painter Tintoretto, playing the other viol)
Paolo Veronese: Wedding at Cana
(The painter, Tiziano is playing on the violone, the painter Jacopo Bassano on the violin!)
Wood-cut from Ganassi's Regola Rubertina,
showing a five-string viol
Treble viola da gamba in Ganassi-form, probably Italy or Spain
provisional photo of unrestored instrument